For 40-plus years, I worked for different employers. To get paid, I had to perform because, in America, employers have a right to get what they pay for.

The recall logo is WBCSD Strong, but WBCSD spent $12,662 per student with a 14/1 student/teacher ratio; the Idaho average is $10,105. WBCSD spending increased while student math/reading proficiency dropped. Records show only 49% of WBCSD high school students are reading proficient, 39% are math proficient, and 65% of students graduate. WBCSD ranks 87th in Idaho, and students have one of the lowest SAT averages in America (986).

Compare: Wyoming spent $11,728 per student, with an 18/1 student/teacher ratio. Elementary/MS students tested above math/reading proficiency levels. HS students tested 38% above reading and 19% above math proficiency levels; their SAT scores (1,244) were the second highest in America.

2023: Idaho increased teachers' pay to $6,359, provided $100 million in staff salary increases for IT directors, cafeteria workers, and bus drivers, added $27.9 million in teacher’s insurance benefits, provided $48.8 million in discretionary funds, increased the education budget by 16.4%, and starting teacher’s pay to $47,477. Teachers got an 8.5% increase but demanded 17%.

Susan Brown and Keith Rutledge want to limit increases to 3.5/4% and budget sports and extracurricular activity funds.

I was a Boy Scout volunteer, coached baseball, and gave my time to 4-H for 20-plus years. Now I’m shouted down at WBCSB meetings by leftist organizers and radical CRT/LGBTQ agenda promoters, claiming they’re victims while screaming that anyone stating facts doesn’t support students, while demanding recalling Susan and Keith, who want transparency and improvements.

Facts matter; vote no on the recall.

D.J. WAGNER

Priest River